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Alfred Hitchcock has passed on, but his movies will never die. Check out the top 50 directors by decade and see who are the up and coming Steven Spielbergs. Or better yet, take a trip to the past and see which movie-makers had a "direct" influence on the headliners of today.

11	D.W. Griffith	2.2689	427	1910s - 249 1920s - 14 1930s - 2	1. America (1924) 2. Way Down East (1920) 3. Orphans of the Storm (1921) 4. Sorrows of Satan, The (1926) See all D.W. Griffith movie rankings
12	Abel Gance	2.2379	41	1910s - 18 1920s - 4 1930s - 11 1940s - 3 1950s - 3 1960s - 1 1970s - 1	1. Napoleon (1927) 2. Au secours! (1924) 3. Marines et cristeaux (1928) See all Abel Gance movie rankings
13	Donald Crisp	2.1907	67	1910s - 47 1920s - 19 1930s - 1	1. Navigator, The (1924) 2. Don Q Son of Zorro (1925) 3. Appearances (1921) 4. Barbarian, The (1921) See all Donald Crisp movie rankings
14	Paul Leni	2.1750	16	1910s - 6 1920s - 10	1. Cat and the Canary, The (1927) 2. Man Who Laughs, The (1928) 3. Last Warning, The (1929) 4. Wachsfigurenkabinett, Das (1924) See all Paul Leni movie rankings
15	Clarence Brown	2.1695	47	1920s - 14 1930s - 18 1940s - 9 1950s - 6	1. Eagle, The (1925) 2. Flesh and the Devil (1926) 3. Woman of Affairs, A (1928) 4. Goose Woman, The (1925) See all Clarence Brown movie rankings
16	Tod Browning	2.1235	59	1910s - 28 1920s - 23 1930s - 7 1960s - 1	1. Unknown, The (1927) 2. Unholy Three, The (1925) 3. West of Zanzibar (1928) 4. Thirteenth Chair, The (1929) See all Tod Browning movie rankings
17	Georg Wilhelm Pabst	2.0750	31	1920s - 8 1930s - 12 1940s - 5 1950s - 6	1. Pandora's Box (1929) 2. Liebe der Jeanne Ney, Die (1927) See all Georg Wilhelm Pabst movie rankings
18	James W. Horne	2.0625	164	1910s - 53 1920s - 36 1930s - 65 1940s - 10	1. Big Business (1929) 2. College (1927) 3. Laughing at Danger (1924) 4. Whose Baby Are You? (1925) See all James W. Horne movie rankings
19	Herbert Brenon	2.0502	117	1910s - 70 1920s - 30 1930s - 16 1940s - 1	1. Peter Pan (1924) 2. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) 3. Alaskan, The (1924) 4. Any Wife (1922) See all Herbert Brenon movie rankings
20	Fred C. Newmeyer	2.0335	32	1920s - 18 1930s - 14	1. Why Worry? (1923) 2. Grandma's Boy (1922) 3. All Lit Up (1920) 4. Among Those Present (1921) See all Fred C. Newmeyer movie rankings

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